err

See also: Err.

English

Etymology

From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (to wander, err, mistake), from Latin errō (wander, stray, err, mistake, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *ares- (to be angry, lose one's temper). Cognate with Old English eorre, ierre (anger, wrath, ire), Old English iersian (to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke), Old English ierre (wandering, gone astray, confused)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɜː(ɹ)/, (rare) /ɛə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɛɚ/, /ɝ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ)

Verb

err (third-person singular simple present errs, present participle erring, simple past and past participle erred)

  1. (intransitive) To make a mistake.
    • 1910, James P. Porter, chapter 2, in Intelligence and Imitation in Birds; A Criterion of Imitation, page 7:
      Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
    He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
  2. (intransitive) To sin.
  3. (archaic) to stray.

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Translations

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ausra (twilight), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (dawn) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).

Noun

err m

  1. dark, darkness

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • irë

Estonian

Noun

err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Faroese

Noun

err n (genitive singular ers, plural err)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Declension

n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative err errið err errini
Accusative err errið err errini
Dative erri errinum errum errunum
Genitive ers ersins erra erranna

See also


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛrː/
    Rhymes: -ɛrː

Noun

err n (genitive singular errs, nominative plural err)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Declension


Võro

Noun

err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Inflection

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